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For a supposedly tech related group, I'm more surprised that you guys are surprised on whats being tracked. Yes Google has the ability to track A LOT because of the severvices most people use, but don't most people have an abundance of tracking and user metrics across their own product. I know every company I've worked at does the same.

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> don't most people have an abundance of tracking and user metrics across their own product.

No product I've ever worked on does this.

But you're right, this is common -- and is why I have to block all outgoing internet traffic by default now. Applications can no longer be trusted to be well-behaved on this score.

I run a product with no tracking, and it works fine. I suspect I am not the only person to make that choice.

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